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Offline yankee2500

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Re: Should I buy an R9s?
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2009, 06:56:44 PM »
I could only attest to the pups look and feel until today, but now I have shot mine, Go and pickup that pup before someone else with good taste and good sense beats you to it.
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Now in search of Silvertips
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2009, 11:46:23 AM »
I head to Hot Springs, AR Friday to pick the R9s up.  My journey will also be in search of some 9mm silvertips, since all my online sources are sold out.  I'll be traveling through Little Rock, so hopefully I can find some at one of the many Gun shops.  Looking forward to seeing and then shooting the R9s.
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Re: Should I buy an R9s?
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2009, 12:24:01 PM »
have a good trip and good luck on finding the ammo.   Tom
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Shot 20 rounds today.
« Reply #18 on: March 07, 2009, 10:31:56 PM »
I've had a hell of  time finding ammo with this shortage going on.  All I had was some Remington 147g golden sabers, and a box of 20 Federal premium 124g hydra-shoks.  I shot two clips of Federals without a hitch.    2 out of 8 golden sabers that I tried failed to fire due to a light primer strike or hard primer.  

Looking at the spent cases, it looks like the Remington primers are a little more recessed into the brass than the Federals.  There was almost no indentation in the primer, like it was hard.  The federals had a decent looking primer dent.

From what I understand this problem with the Remington ammo is not uncommon.  

Anyway, the gun was a pleasure to shoot and I'm surprised how good it feels in the hand.  The recoil was not bad at all, much easier than the airlite S&W with +p .38s or .357s.

If I can get some more ammo I think I'll be doing well.




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Re: Should I buy an R9s?
« Reply #19 on: March 08, 2009, 01:11:14 PM »
buy all the ammo you can find, like Winchester Silver Tips 115,124 gr. or Gold Dot 115, 124 gr or Federal.  Tom
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Re: Should I buy an R9s?
« Reply #20 on: March 08, 2009, 01:27:48 PM »
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buy all the ammo you can find, like Winchester Silver Tips 115,124 gr. or Gold Dot 115, 124 gr or Federal.  Tom

If you can find it --> and btw  :o Silvertips have gone up 15 dollars a box in the past 6 months. I picked up a few boxes before the election and I wish now I'd bought a few more. I haven't priced any of the other brands.
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Re: Should I buy an R9s?
« Reply #21 on: March 12, 2009, 06:14:29 PM »
Finding ammo for my little R9s has been a challenge. A friend of mine gave me a box of silvertips for my birthday, and I was able to buy 4 boxes of 20 Speer 124g gold dots, so I'm ok for a bit.  Haven't shot the gold dots yet, but expect them to work well.
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